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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2024
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Yuchung K. Chen, Portland, OR (US);
Oliver Mclachlan, Beaverton, OR (US);
Thomas J. Rushbrook, Portland, OR (US);
Timothy J. Smith, Beaverton, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing an article of footwear includes perforating a midsole body of a sole structure to form perforations through the midsole body, wherein the midsole body has perforated holes established by the perforations. The method includes disposing each of a plurality of proprioceptive elements of the sole structure in a different one of the perforated holes as an integral portion of the midsole body surrounded by the perforations. Each central axis of the plurality of proprioceptive elements disposed in a medial sidewall portion of the midsole body and a lateral sidewall portion of the midsole body is angled relative to a vertical axis of the midsole body and is configured to align with a direction of a lateral loading force on the midsole body at a location of the respective proprioceptive element.